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Chapter 485 Game of Thrones

Seeing Yang Hsing still hesitating, Li Yuan hurriedly said, "Your Highness, don't hesitate. If Wei Wensheng, Fan Zigai and others are not eliminated for a day, they will not be convinced for a day. This is a great opportunity, and all the troops and horses from all over the world will come to Taiyuan. This is a good opportunity for Your Highness to catch all those who are not convinced. If you miss it, I am afraid that when they return to the place, there will be another Chen Pojun. Your Highness, the lessons of Chen Pojun in Liaodong are not far away, and we cannot repeat the mistakes."

Hearing Li Yuan say this, Yang Ming couldn't help but feel that it was indeed the case. If they were let go back to the place, they would rebel everywhere like Chen Pojun, that would be fine. At present, there were wars everywhere in Jiangnan and Henan, but he felt that as long as the imperial army headed south, he would definitely succeed. But if these civil and military ministers and noble families also returned to the place to rebel, it would be a big trouble.

Especially what he was even more worried about was that if Wei Wensheng and others returned to Chang'an, they would definitely support his nephew to be the emperor at that time, which was the real concern.

"Your Highness, in fact, although they have 200,000 people, it is not difficult to calm them down." Li Yuan said with a smile.

"Oh, Mr. Tang has any good plans, come on."

Li Yuan smiled and said, "I know that General Pei Renji from Hebei and General Yang Yichen from Shandong are both confidants of His Highness. Their two divisions have a total of 150,000 troops, and His Highness also has some support from some counties and counties in various places, and there are tens of thousands of people in total. Speaking of which, the total number of people in these highness outside the city is nearly 200,000. As far as I know, Wei Wensheng, Yu Wenhua and the Guanlong army and some conspirators are only about 100,000. Your Highness attacked 100,000 with 200,000 people. Isn't it a thunder strike?"

Yang Hsiao had completely moved Li Yuan at this time. Thinking about Pei Renji and Yang Yichen were both famous generals in the court, and they were sure to fight 100,000 with 200,000. However, when they thought, there were many soldiers outside the city except the Guanlong Army, and not those scattered ones, the Jianghuai Army had a total of 100,000 troops. Moreover, the Jianghuai Army was famous all over the world, and Wang Shichong's record of suppressing bandits in the Jianghuai area was long known. If the Jianghuai Army was fighting with the Guanlong Army, it would be fatal.

Li Yuan seemed to see his concerns and said, "Is the King of Liao worried about Wang Shichong who has been shaking?"

"He has 100,000 powerful troops in Jianghuai!" Yang Hung said with a toothache. It has always been because the soldiers outside the city were all led by famous generals, so Pei Yun and other talents have not taken action for a long time.

"If Your Highness believes in the old minister, just hand them over to me the Hedong Army." Li Yuan said loudly.

Yang Ming seemed to be a little unbelievable, "Duke Tang means that you are going to send troops to deal with the Jianghuai Army?"

Li Yuan said with a heart-warming look, "Your Highness marry my daughter, then we will naturally be a family in the future. How dare I not do my best for your affairs? Although Wang Shichong is known as the 100,000 strong army of the Jianghuai River, in fact, only half of the 100,000 people are elite soldiers. The other half are recruited by the new soldiers when he went north, so his combat effectiveness is not too strong. Although I am incompetent, Erlang is also a general in the court. When the appointment date is made, when His Highness takes action against the Guanlong army, he asked Erlang to lead the Hedong army to raid the Jianghuai army. He was determined but not intentional. Even if he had three heads and six arms, how could he fly to the sky without success."

Yang Hsiao's most worried about was the 100,000 Guanlong Army of Wei Wensheng and others, the more than 100,000 Hedong Army of Li Yuan, and the 100,000 Jianghuai Army of Wang Shichong. If it weren't for the three armies, the Liao King would have ascended the throne. Unexpectedly, the casual proposal of marriage today made the Li family fall to him. When he thought of Li Yuan's plan, his heart was even more thrilled.

At that time, he would personally lead 60,000 troops to take charge of Taiyuan City, and then Li Yuan would close Taiyuan City. Then Pei Renji and Yang Yichen would lead 200,000 troops to attack Wei Wensheng and Yu Wenwen and 100,000 Guanlong troops. Li Shimin would lead the Hedong Army to attack the Jianghuai Army, and only the Guanlong Army would be destroyed. Even if Li Yuan's Hedong Army did not defeat the Jianghuai Army, he would still have the general situation.

As soon as he thought of it, he would immediately climb to the platform, sit on the dragon throne, possess the world, and be rich in all directions. Yang Qing's white face was already flushed and red, and he almost laughed and lost his composure. With the full support of the Li family, Yang Qing talked about a lot of details with Li Yuan, and finally agreed that in order not to alert the opponent, the relationship between the two families was temporarily kept confidential. After pacifying the Guanlong Army and the Jianghuai Army, the King of Liao immediately married Miss Li.

When he finally left, Yang Hung was so happy that he didn't pay attention to his feet and almost tripped.

After seeing off Yang Hung, Li Shimin could not wait to ask, "Father, is what you said to the King of Liao just now true or false?"

"What is true, what is false?"

"Why what Yun Dingxing said before is true or false?"

Li Yuan chuckled a few times, stroked his beard and said proudly, "Erlang, you must know that truth is false, false is true; there is false in truth, and true in false; true is not true, false is not false. When false is true, true is also false, so why should you entangle the truth and false?"

Li Shimin was a little confused when he heard this, confused and puzzled.

"What should we do now?"

"Calculate the time, Yun Dingxing should have announced the edict to Wang Shichong. Let's go to Wang Shichong's camp now to propose marriage to him."

"Proposal?" Li Shimin was even more puzzled. His father had proposed to Yang Wu for him, but his father had just agreed to the proposal of King Yang Ming of Liao, but now he is going to ask Wang Shichong for marriage. His mind became confused for a moment and he didn't understand why he had to be involved in everything.

Li Yuan was in a good mood and couldn't help but teach his son at this time, "Erlang, there is no justice or kingly way in the world. Those are chains used by emperors to restrain the common people. We are aristocratic families and family members. Further, how can we not become the royal family that founded the dynasty? Erlang, I have always been optimistic about you. You are more suitable for the future head of the Li family than your elder brother. So, you should understand some things. For us, the court is just the court of the Yang family, but our Li family is the Li family for generations. As long as it is beneficial to the Li family, why should we care about which emperor or change the dynasty?"

Li Shimin was extremely shocked when he heard these and even a bit of a rebellious words. He never thought that his father had actually viewed the relationship between the court and the family in this way.

"Erlang, there is no court for generations, only a family for generations. For the family, interests are the supreme. For the interests of the family, other personal grievances, even the meaning of the monarch and ministers, can be abandoned."

Li Shimin's face was a little pale. It was the first time he heard such explicit words, but he felt that what he said was so reasonable. Didn't the Guanlong family start from Wei, from Wei, to Zhou and then to Sui, and changed dynasties several times, but the Guanlong family has always been superior. Even if there is another dynasty, the aristocratic family is still aristocratic family. Thinking of this, he finally understood what his father meant.

But hesitantly asked, "Father, for example, one day, Chen Pojun is powerful and can take Sui and replace it, so what about us generals?"

Li Yuan did not hesitate, "If there was that day, the Li family would naturally surrender to him like other aristocratic families. This was a wise choice and a right choice. Erlang, if you become the head of the Li family in the future, and Chen Pojun really had that day to rule the world, I hope you can distinguish between personal feelings and family interests. The Li family passed on from generation to generation, and the responsibility of family inheritance is above everything else. Do you understand?"

Li Shimin did not expect that his father would answer like this, and his face was gloomy and silent for a moment.

Li Yuan no longer continued to talk about Chen Pojun, but continued the previous topic, "Wang Shichong has 100,000 troops, which seems neutral, but in fact his attitude is crucial. If our Li family can reach an alliance with him this time, then we can get far more than a queen, or Situ, the prime minister, and the minister of resignation. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and we cannot miss it."

He was surprised to hear that his father actually didn't even take the queen, prime minister, and minister Guru, and was extremely surprised. If the prime minister didn't take the prime minister seriously, what would his father have planned? Going up, going up... Li Shimin thought about the storm in his heart, and he was indescribable. He never thought that his father, who seemed to be smiling forever, had such a goal in his heart.

Li Yuan brought Li Shimin to change his clothes and took only a few guards to Wang Shichong's camp. Since Wang Shichong arrived in Taiyuan, he has been staying in the military camp all day long, and even those officials are very familiar with visits.

He rarely dates the landlord Li Yuan in Taiyuan. He suddenly saw Li Yuan and his son coming to the door with light clothes. After discussing for more than a day in the Central Military Camp, Li Yuan and his son left with satisfaction.

In the central army's tent, Wang Shichong frowned, said nothing, and sighed from time to time.

Wang Shichong's son Wang Xuanying, Wang Xuanshu and many uncles and nephews of the Wang family rushed to the central army's tent. Wang Shichong's powerful brigade in the early days was just the recruitment of troops established by Wang Shichong when he suppressed bandits in Jiangdu, not the soldiers of the Great Sui Palace.

The soldiers of the Jianghuai Army were recruited in the Jianghuai Army. At first, the generals and generals and envoys in the army were not of grade. Most of them were Wang Shichong's brothers and nephews. Later, the Jianghuai Army became more and more fierce and gradually became a powerful army in the Jianghuai Army, known as one of the five strongest troops in the world. By now, the Zhang Xutuo Eight Wind Camp had been destroyed before, and the Xiaoguo Army around the emperor had already disappeared. Even the Iron Cavalry of Youzhou had also surrendered to Liaodong.

The only five strong troops in those days were the Jianghuai Army and the Liaodong Army. The Jianghuai Army also had more and more troops. Last time, Wang Shichong even recruited 50,000 troops on the excuse of serving the king, doubled his troops, and reached 100,000.

With such a powerful army, Wang Shichong ran from Jianghuai to Hedong to serve the king. The siege of Yanmen in Hedong was early to be lifted, but Wang Shichong never returned to Jianghuai. Of course, the generals of the Wang family understood that the head of the family wanted to seize greater power. They mobilized troops and came to help thousands of miles away. If they did not get enough benefits, how could they go back with the character of the head of the family? But what they didn't understand was that since they wanted to fight for profit, why did they not even deviate among the two factions of Taiyuan?

What made them even more confused was that they had heard that the Zuo Xiaowei General Yun Dingxing was visiting. When the head of the family saw him off, he laughed and was very happy in the tent. Unexpectedly, the Duke of Tang and his son came to visit again. After a long time, Li Yuan and his son left happily, but the head of the family frowned and sighed.

ps: I accidentally wrote a bug in the previous chapters. Yun Dingxing was originally the father-in-law of Yang Guang's brother deposed crown prince Yang Yong. As a result, in the previous chapters, I accidentally wrote it as the father-in-law of Yang Guang's son, Prince Yuande, Yang Zhao. However, it is difficult to change it, so I will simply change it directly into Yang Zhao's father-in-law in the future. I hope everyone will forgive me.
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